ABSTRACT
The aim of this chapter is to discuss and compare the ways in which gender and home are intertwined in Japan and Norway, exploring both their historic and contemporary contexts. Our overarching focus is the gendered meanings that have been and are presently ascribed to the home in Japan and Norway. We use our discussions of this meaning-making to reflect on what we can learn from national particularities and similarities across the two contexts in the light of today’s globalised world, and to contemplate potential trends relating to the gendering of the private sphere.
